...ntal degradation as it loses 200,000 hectares of forest per year. In 1999, Ecuador experienced a major economic and banking crisis that has exacerbated these
In response to these challenges, Volunteers focus their efforts in the areas of health, agriculture, youth, and natural

Sharing borders with Ecuador,america el salvi, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia, and Chile, Peru is a large an
...ness development. The program in Peru supported over 2,600 Volunteers from 1962 until Peace Corps' departure in 1975.

# Studies of the volunteers themselves - either in country or after they returned from service.
...representational conventions that gave meaning to Peace Corps experiences. Volunteers enacted the successful achievement of American/global citizenship through t